President Joe Biden says his administration is following the guidance of health officials and that there’s been no decision to change the COVID-19 guidance on wearing face masks. "We follow the science," the president said. (July 22)
There are zip codes in five Bay Area cities where vaccination rates are the lowest, with 45 to 60% of the population still not fully vaccinated. Experts say these Bay Area neighborhoods are driving most of the transmission fueling our fourth COVID-19 surge.
A federal investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak earlier this month in a Massachusetts county that's home to Cape Cod found that 74% of the 469 infections were among vaccinated people, a finding that raises questions about the prevalence of breakthrough infections.
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A week after the crowds descended upon Provincetown, Massachusetts, to celebrate the Fourth of July -- the holiday President Joe Biden hoped would mark the nation's liberation from COVID-19 -- the manager of the Cape Cod beach town said he was aware of "a handful of positive COVID cases among folks" who spent time there. "We are in touch with the Health Department and Outer Cape Health Services and are closely monitoring the data," Alex Morse told reporters. As of Thursday, 882 people were tied to the Provincetown outbreak.
In an internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released on Friday, experts state that the COVID-19 Delta variant is more transmissible than the common cold, seasonal flu, and smallpox, and just as contagious as chickenpox. The New York Times was among several news outlets to obtain a copy of the internal document and reported that while CDC experts have publicly claimed that transmission of the Delta variant is rare among those who are vaccinated, internally “scientists h
Reports of uncommon breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated Americans, coupled with the delta variant tearing through the country, threaten to undermine the fiercely fought wins against the pandemic. For the fully vaccinated who do test positive, if you are at high risk for severe infection, health experts are now turning to Food and Drug Administration authorized, virus-fighting monoclonal antibodies in some cases. "Receiving antibody treatments in a timely manner could be the difference of ending up in the hospital or getting over COVID (quickly)," Dr. Shmuel Shoham, infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told ABC News.
Daryl Barker was passionately against a COVID-19 vaccination, and so were his relatives. Then 10 of them got sick and Barker, at just 31, ended up in a Missouri intensive care unit fighting for his life. It's a scenario playing out time and again at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, where 22 people died from the virus in the first 23 days of July.
Vaccines continue to be effective, particularly at preventing severe disease, according to the document. But they may not be as good at preventing infection or transmission of the delta variant.
Essentials to have on hand as the delta variant spreads across the country, from hand sanitizer to masks to thermometers.
The delta variant appears to cause more serious illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox.
Health authorities in Los Angeles County, California, said more than 25% of new COVID-19 cases are among the population fully vaccinated against the virus.
“High risk, immune compromised and sadly couldn’t muster an immune response,” tweeted Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth.
It’s the ugliest word in the English language. Six little letters that strike fear into everyone. Cancer. And I got it. Prostate cancer. It killed my father and is doing horrible things to my older brothers. I guess it was my turn. A death sentence? Perhaps. But much more importantly it’s proved a reaffirmation of the joys of life in all its magnificent colours. Yes, as weird as it may seem, I feel blessed. I’ve never seen my prostate, never felt it. The nurse told me it’s about the size of a wa
People who are fully vaccinated can spread the Delta variant just as easily as those who are unvaccinated, according to an internal CDC document.
Agnes Velasquez, mom to 15-year-old Paulina, is also battling COVID, but has milder symptoms after getting vaccinated
"It is possible, even if health care professionals, social media, and the internet tell you otherwise."
The former Bachelorette said she has swelling and blurred vision from the spots and is "trying to limit the stress" in her life so she can heal
Facebook/The WildsFor several weeks earlier this summer, teen campers from across the country converged at a rural Christian camp in North Carolina for faith and fun that within weeks had turned into a superspreader nightmare.The camp is billed as a “funtastic” escape, and campers’ families pay around $350 a week to send their kids onto campgrounds nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains to hike, swim, zipline, barbecue and huddle together for “a healthy portion of God’s Word,” according to descript
Breakthrough cases are becoming more common as the more transmissible Delta variant spreads across the US.
Insomnia can become your new nighttime scourge as you ponder how and why your circadian rhythms got so out of whack. “Many people 65+ find that their sleep quality diminishes,” said Brandon Peters, M.D., a sleep physician at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
